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Table 5 Food indigenous to Europe/Mediterranean

From: What Kigali’s open-air markets reveal about achieving food and nutrition security: the role of African indigenous crops

English name

Scientific name

Local name

Cereals

 Wheata

Triticum aestivum

Ingano

Fish

 Common carp

Cyprinus carpio

 

 Sardines

Sardina pilchardus

Saladine

Legumes

 Peas

Pisum sativum

Amashaza

Meat/dairy

 Cow

Bos taurus

Inka

 Cow’s milk

Bos taurus

Amata

 Goat

Capra hircus

Ihene

 Pork

Sus scrofa domesticus

Ingurube

Root crops

 Carrots

Daucus carrota

Karoti

 Beets

Beta vulgaris

Beterave

Vegetables

 Celery

Apium graveolens

Seleri

 Cauliflower

Brassica oleracea var. botrytis

 

 Cabbage

B. oleracea var. capitata

Amashu

 Chard

Beta vulgaris

 
  1. aStaple food